page_title: Festival d'Avignon
hierarchical_section_title: Festival d'Avignon
caption_attribution_description: A main venue of the 60th Avignon Theatre Festival staged at the Popes' Palace, featuring Asobu, a play by the festival artistic associate Josef Nadj (fifth from the left).
context_page_description: The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest existent festival in France and one of the world's greatest. Alongside the official festival, the "In" one, a number of shows are presented in Avignon at the same time of the year and are known as the "Off".
  In 2008, some 950 shows were performed during three weeks.
context_section_description: The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest existent festival in France and one of the world's greatest. Alongside the official festival, the "In" one, a number of shows are presented in Avignon at the same time of the year and are known as the "Off".
  In 2008, some 950 shows were performed during three weeks.
caption: A main venue of the 60th (2006) Avignon Theatre Festival staged at the Palais des Papes, featuring Asobu, a play by the festival artistic associate Josef Nadj (fifth from the left).
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